[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 58006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23889]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Consumer Health IT Pledge Program

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability for Consumer Health IT Pledge Program.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is leading 
a national campaign to educate and engage the public on the value and 
benefits of health information technology (health IT) in improving 
health and health care. As part of the campaign, we encourage entities 
that touch Americans' lives to pledge to empower individuals to be 
partners in their health through health IT. There are two types of 
pledges: One for those who manage or maintain individually identifiable 
health data (e.g., providers, hospitals, payers, retail pharmacies) and 
another for those who do not manage or maintain consumer health data, 
but have the ability to educate consumers about the importance of 
getting access to and using their health information (e.g., employers, 
consumer and disease-based organizations, healthcare associations, 
product developers).
    Taking the pledge is voluntary, and does not represent any 
endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any 
other part of the federal government.
    To learn more about the details of the pledge, please visit: http://www.healthit.gov/pledge.
    Notice of this schedule is given under the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5), section 3003.

    Dated: September 9, 2011.
Jodi Daniel,
Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-23889 Filed 9-16-11; 8:45 am]
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